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The purpose of the South Carolina Picture Project is to celebrate the beauty of the Palmetto State while preserving some of its vanishing landscapes.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:38:34 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1Dukes-Harley Funeral Homehttp://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/dukes-harley-funeral-home.html
http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/dukes-harley-funeral-home.html#commentsThu, 09 Oct 2014 15:36:16 +0000http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/?p=42485This elegant home in downtown Orangeburg once housed a family-owned funeral business that has been serving the people of this sandhills community since 1896. W. Hampton “Hampy” Dukes established Dukes Undertaking on St. John Street at the end of the nineteenth century. His business was a success, and by 1927 he was joined in partnership by his cousin, Clifton Harley.

Harley’s brother, I.S. Harley, joined the team in 1930, and from that point the funeral home became known as Dukes-Harley. The business moved to this stately Greek Revival manse in 1936 and operated here for over sixty years. Built in 1904, it was the home of cotton merchant W.S. Lining. A cousin of the Harleys – A.J. Hutto – purchased the business in 1980. Sadly, a fire gutted this structure in 1999, and for the next three years the business was run from a home behind it. Finally in 2002 construction was complete on the current building on Columbia Street, where Hutto continues running the family business.

Reflections on Dukes-Harley Funeral Home

Contributor Victoria Yandle shares her personal experience with Dukes-Harley Funeral Home and a version of the above photo: “The funeral home has so many memories for me. After we moved to Orangeburg in 1975, over the next 5 years I lost my grandparents. The funerals were at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home. I’ll never forget how compassionate the owner of the funeral home was to my family. Even at the age of 12, I could see the compassion in his eyes and his heartfelt sadness.

“In October of 2013 one of my pieces of artwork won Best in the Professional division at Orangeburg County Fair. After that, the Orangeburg League of Arts asked me to talk to their group and bring some of my work. I brought 12 of my best pictures. I noticed this gentleman really looking at the Dukes-Harley picture. He was scrutinizing the picture and I became a little uncomfortable until I saw him. I remembered that smile and those beautiful, compassionate eyes. It was A.J. Hutto, the owner of Dukes-Harley Funeral Home. He loved the picture and asked if he could buy it. I was so thrilled he loved the picture as much as I did, I gave it to him. He has it framed in the new funeral home on Columbia Road.”

]]>http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/dukes-harley-funeral-home.html/feed/0The Methodist Oakshttp://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/the-methodist-oaks.html
http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/the-methodist-oaks.html#commentsMon, 03 Mar 2014 15:31:02 +0000http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/?p=33006This 700-acre retirement community in Orangeburg sits along the vibrant Edisto River and is arguably one of the most beautiful settings in Orangeburg County. Gracing the entrance is an avenue of live oaks (Quercus virginiana), providing visitors and residents with restful shade and lending the home its name.

The community, also known as the Oaks, was founded in 1954 by Dr. J.F.M. Hoffmeyer during the South Carolina Methodist Conference. The conference purchased 113 acres of land that once served as the Hawthorne Aeronautical School, a World War II training ground for both French and American pilots. Between 1941 and 1945, nearly 6,000 airmen received their training here.

The community has expanded its property through the years and now boasts over 700 acres of land that feature a golf course, walking trails, pristine woodlands, a wellness center, and living space. Many of the facilities’ names at the Oaks reflect the area’s past as a military air training base, such as the French Quarter.

]]>http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/the-methodist-oaks.html/feed/0Orangeburg County Courthousehttp://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/orangeburg-county-courthouse.html
http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/orangeburg-county-courthouse.html#commentsWed, 18 Dec 2013 18:07:22 +0000http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/?p=30255This twentieth-century brick structure is the fifth courthouse to serve the residents of Orangeburg County. The first was built in 1772 on the block where Orangeburg‘s Bull, Broughton, and Henley Streets now intersect. It was destroyed in 1781 by British Troops during the Revolutionary War, though a second courthouse replaced it in 1782 on the same site.

Because the second building was a quick replacement for the first one, another one was built in 1826 on what became known as Courthouse Square. The construction of this third courthouse made the square the new center of town. However, that building was destroyed in 1865 by Union troops during the Civil War. Trials were then temporarily held over a store owned by Captain J. A. Hamilton until a fourth courthouse was built in 1875 on the same site as the third. Yet as Orangeburg County grew, this building was deemed too small to accommodate its many people and hearings. Therefore a fifth courthouse was built between 1927 and 1929 at a different location – the site of the former Trinity United Methodist Church – and remains the Orangeburg County Courthouse to this day. The prior courthouse was razed, and the property was turned into a park and renamed Memorial Plaza.

]]>http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/orangeburg-county-courthouse.html/feed/0Claflin Universityhttp://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/clafflin-college.html
http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/clafflin-college.html#commentsMon, 12 Sep 2011 15:17:26 +0000http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/?p=13307Claflin University was founded by Methodist missionaries in 1869 and is the oldest of South Carolina historically black colleges.

Like most early buildings constructed on the campus, Tingley Memorial Hall was designed by African-American architect William Wilson Cooke of Greenville. Wilson entered Claflin University in 1888, where he studied under Charles Bates, the first registered African-American architect in the country. The building is named for Samuel Herbert Tingley, a banker and philanthropist from Rhode Island who made several generous donations to the university.

]]>http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/clafflin-college.html/feed/0Copehttp://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/cope.html
http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/cope.html#commentsTue, 08 Mar 2011 18:33:53 +0000http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/?p=10798The small town of Cope is located in Orangeburg County. It is named after farmer Jacob Martin Cope, who sold a portion of his land in the 1890s to be used for the town and train depot.

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Just a couple of years later, the town of Cope had two churches, many shops, a grist mill, and a cotton gin. This rapid development is proof of just how important railroads were to early growth in our state.

SCIWAY thanks to Pamela Maxwell of Rock Hill for submitting this picture she took February 2011.

]]>http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/cope.html/feed/0Trinity United Methodist Churchhttp://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/trinity-united-methodist-church.html
http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/trinity-united-methodist-church.html#commentsWed, 04 Aug 2010 16:59:56 +0000http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/?p=7902The Trinity United Methodist Church is located in Orangeburg. This traditionally African – American church was established in 1866 and served as the headquarters for the Orangeburg Movement during the 1960s. The church hosted many civil rights meetings and rallies attended by leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Roy Wilkins, and Thurgood Marshall.

Trinity United Methodist Church is listed in the National Register, which adds the following:
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church is significant as an excellent example of twentieth-century Gothic Revival church architecture and for its association with Orangeburg’s extensive and influential African American community. This building is the fourth separate sanctuary serving this congregation and was designed by William W. Wilkins (1881-1937), a professor of Manual Training and Industrial Education and teacher-trainer of Shopwork at South Carolina State College from 1918 until 1937. Wilkins never held an architect’s license but designed buildings under the supervision of Miller F. Whittaker.

Construction was starting in 1928, but due to the Depression was not completed until 1944. The completion of this sanctuary during a sixteen-year period of extreme economic hardship helps illustrate the importance of this church and its congregation to the city of Orangeburg. The central role played by Trinity Methodist during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s as the site of the most influential leaders of South Carolina’s African American community is further confirmation of the continuing significance of this church not only to Orangeburg, but to the state as well.

The church is cruciform in plan and is set upon a raised basement with beveled cast stone water table. The church’s main block rises two stories and features a large Tudor arched stained glass window with molded cast stone surround, wall buttresses, a centered three-part louvered vent, and parapet gable with cast stone coping. The interior has a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and a double-aisled nave flanked by wings accessed by a triple Gothic arched opening.

]]>http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/trinity-united-methodist-church.html/feed/2Veterans Memorial Parkhttp://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/orangeburg-veterans-memorial.html
http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/orangeburg-veterans-memorial.html#commentsSat, 06 Sep 2008 10:54:34 +0000http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/uncategorized/veterans-memorial.htmlThis monument at Edisto Memorial Gardens in Orangeburg memorializes all those who have served in the military from South Carolina. Located at the site of a confrontation between the Confederate and Union armies that took place in 1865, Edisto Memorial Gardens began in the 1920s as azalea beds and a children’s playground on five acres of land.

The garden now encompasses 175 acres and showcases azaleas, camellias, roses, and centuries-old cypress trees. Special features include a butterfly garden, a sensory garden, and a wetlands park. The Veterans Memorial Park, dedicated on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2009, is the most recent addition to this ever-evolving urban garden.

]]>http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/orangeburg-veterans-memorial.html/feed/19Old Orangeburg County Jailhttp://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/old-orangeburg-county-jail.html
http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/old-orangeburg-county-jail.html#commentsWed, 03 Sep 2008 10:54:34 +0000http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/uncategorized/old-orangeburg-county-jail.htmlThe old Orangeburg County Jail, also called the “pink palace,” was built in 1860. Union General William Sherman made the jail his headquarters during the occupation of Orangeburg in 1865 during the Civil War. When the Union soldiers finally left the city, Sherman set the building on fire.

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Luckily, the jail was only partially destroyed by the fire, and was rebuilt in 1867. In 1921 it was remodeled, and was still used as the official county jail until 1980.

SCIWAY thanks Jerry Bridgers, who submitted this painting in 2010. Jerry writes: “The building is impressive and this painting depicts the stormy period of history where a jail would be a focal point of the emotions.”

]]>http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/old-orangeburg-county-jail.html/feed/10Orangeburg Town Clockhttp://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/orangeburg-town-clock.html
http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/orangeburg-town-clock.html#commentsFri, 11 Jul 2008 10:54:34 +0000http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/uncategorized/orangeburg-town-clock.htmlThe photo below was submitted to our SC Town Clock Gallery by Tripp Miller of Orangeburg. It was shot in November 2007.

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]]>http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/orangeburg-town-clock.html/feed/0Orangeburg Town Squarehttp://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/orangeburg-town-square.html
http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/orangeburg-county/orangeburg-town-square.html#commentsSun, 06 Jul 2008 10:54:34 +0000http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/uncategorized/orangeburg-town-square.htmlOrangeburg, also known as “The Garden City,” is the fifth oldest city in South Carolina.

Photographer John Kneece describes the redeveloped town square: “Recently with the help of local citizen’s groups and the federal government, the town square and main street, known as Russell Street, were refurbished. Aside from the brick street, heavy cast iron lamp posts, and granite curbing, much landscaping and decorating has taken place. In the same spirit, many of the downtown merchants have improved their facade as well.”